A Horizon caravel book

The periods known as the New Kingdom (1567 to 1085 B.C.)receives the closest attention in this book which includes behind-the-scenes life of the Pharaohs, as well as their ceremonial existence, and their military conquests, andconcludes with a chapter on new science that Egypology has become.

Recounts the adventures of Marco Polo who, with his father and uncle, journeyed to the court of Kublai Khan in China from 1271 to 1295.

Text and illustrations trace the history of the exploration of Africa with emphasis on the 19th-century expeditions which helped map the continent and open it to European influence and colonization.

"Horizon caravel book." The exciting story of the conquest and destruction of the Aztec civilization by Cortes during 1519-1521. The illustrations are copious and lavish, many in full color.

Traces the real and the mythical elements in the sixth-century Arthurian legend.